partnering with mayors, governors on issues from homelessness to marriage equality. the point is, there are millions of americans outside of washington who are tired of stale political arguments and are moving this country forward. they believe and i believe that here in america our success should depend not on accident at birth but the strength of our work ethic and the scope of our dreams. that s what drew our forebears here. that s how the daughter of a factory worker is ceo of america s largest automaker. how the son of a bar keep is speaker of the house.
claiming credit for eight million new jobs well, that s the normal amount of jobs that would be created just with the churn of the economy, with people entering the work force. so it s not a great thing. they were looking for any silver lining they could in describing the economy. but that is a tone of optimism and tone is important. i want to point out let s listen to his tribute to john boehner because it was graceful and it was uniting. and it seemed to be well-received. let s watch. i believe that here in america, our success should depend not on accident of birth, but the strength of our work ethic. and the scope of our dreams. that s what drew our forebearers here. that s how the daughter of a factory work eer is ceo s large auto maker. how the son of the bar keep is speakinger of the house.
america s largest automaker. how the son of a bar keep is speaker of the house. how the son of a single mom can be president of the greatest nation on earth. opportunity is who we are. and the definning project of our generation must be to restore
with president obama in the year 2014. martha: stuart, thank you. we ll look for more on fbm. see you next time. bill: so the house republicans highest-ranking woman, congresswoman cathy mcmorris rodgers giving the official republican response last night. the president talks a lot about income inequality but the real gap we face today is one of opportunity inequality. and with this administration s policies that gap has become far too wide. bill: we will speak with the congresswoman next hour here in america s newsroom. where does america go from here? very important interview. martha: we ll look forward to that. we ll speak with her in a little while. meanwhile the president also acknowledged the speaker of the house last night and getting a thumbs up from john boehner. he used john boehner s family story as a point in the address. how a son after bar keep is
to decide whether or not to run for president. and there s plenty of time. i ve not made a decision to run, or not to run. the v.p. was front and center on the tv today after sitting behind the president on the tv last night during the big address. in the house chamber, the president was the only one to speak this time. but the body language of everyone there spoke volumes. constantly standing to applause. punctuated by biden standing by almost anything while boehner sat for almost anything except for a nice mention of himself that got a loud cheer from the assembled. how the son of a bar keep is speaker of the house. that was a nice moment, but as usual, civility is barely in